AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE MINISTER: "NOW THE MATTER DEPENDS ON THE WAR"

APA
Feb 25 2010
Azerbaijan

Baku – APA. Defense Minister of Azerbaijan Colonel-General Safar
Abiyev received the French ambassador to Azerbaijan Gabriel Keller.

The current situation of the defense cooperation between the countries
were discussed at the meeting, press service of the Defense Ministry
of Azerbaijan told APA. Safar Abiyev expressed his ideas about the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict and said that diplomats couldn’t achieve
concrete result on this problem in 15 years. Azerbaijan can’t wait
for 15 years more. Now the matter depends on the war and this threat
is approaching. If Armenian invasion forces are not withdrawn from
Karabakh, large-scale war will be unavoidable in the South Caucasus.

The French ambassador introduced newly-appointed defense attaché of
his country to Azerbaijan.